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July 19, 2025

The Higher Education department has also directed varsities/ colleges to strictly follow POSH Act, 2013 and the guidelines issued by the UGC in this regard, and organise awareness workshops

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Display 181 helpline number prominently: Govt to colleges

In the wake of the self-immolation death of a woman student over an alleged sexual harassment incident in a college in Balasore, the state government Friday made it mandatory for all higher education (HE) institutions to prominently display the Women Helpline Number-181 on the campus.

In a letter to all registrars and heads of all universities, government colleges, aided colleges and private colleges under the Higher Education department, the government directed that all must treat it as 'extremely urgent'.

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